| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | RUNAWAY BRIDE (1999) |
| Director | Garry Marshall |
| Writer | Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott |
| Lead Actor | Julia Roberts |
| Cast | Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Christopher Meloni, Paul Dooley |
| Genre | Comedy, Romance |
| Release Date | July 30, 1999 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 56m (116 min) |
| Budget | $70 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 5.7/10 |
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RUNAWAY BRIDE has a classic feel to it, more than a touch of 1940’s romantic comedy à la Katharine Hepburn with Spencer Tracy or Cary Grant. Julia Roberts is a small-town feminist beauty who runs a hardware store, can fix anything and slugs a punching bag instead of knitting to calm her nerves. She becomes famous for her quirk of escaping husbands at the last minute. Richard Gere is a woman-razzing New York columnist who comes to make fun but loses his heart. The question is: Can he get her to the altar?
It’s the much-awaited reunion of the Pretty Woman stars and veteran funnyman director Garry Marshall (famous for TV’s Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley). Compared to the moral difficulties in Pretty Woman, Bride is an innocence trip. The most controversial ingredient is that one of Julia’s jilted almost-spouses is now a priest, and she goes to the confessional to tell him she hopes she hasn’t ruined his life.
The plot revolves around the preparations for the heroine’s next wedding to a stereotypical high school coach (Christopher Meloni).
The happy cast delivering snappy lines includes Joan Cusack, Rita Wilson and Hector Elizondo. Eventually everyone pairs off in a final romantic montage buoyant enough to float the Titanic.
Roberts is luminescent, and Gere is upbeat and charming, warming his image with reading glasses and a taste for Miles Davis jazz. Director Marshall is a genius at physical sight gags. My favorite is a shot of the New York contingent at the church all wearing dark glasses. Wholesome and cheery; definitely manna for Julia’s female fans; O.K. for mature youth and adults.
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